That’s how you know you sent your kids to a good school: if they teach them decency and respectability, and the truth that our nation is only great when we are a nation of the world, when so many other countries are limited by race and nationality. You can be any color, any religion, any identity, and still be American
@@danielorlando8172 republicans aren’t the only ones with guns. I will never descend to the depths others have, but I will not bear to lose a country I love to the barely literate
@@austinreed7343 no one is opposing immigration. This is the problem, people don't want to have an intelligent conversation about it. There is a vast difference between immigration and illegal immigration.
I'm siting here with tears rolling down my face. To think a long time ago this was the idea of what America could be, and to see how far we've strayed and become to view our fellow Americans as villains instead of allies. I hope when all this is over or perhaps when I'm older that we can get back to what this country was founded on...
I wasn't alive in 1973 when Schoolhouse Rock began but I have watched alot of it. The past few years in school I have brought it up to my teachers and we ended up singing schoolhouse rock songs all day long.
Yes, go back on the ideals our nation is based upon, not so much the history of the US which often reflects the opposite. We want to strive for improvement, VOTE!
I grew up watching this. It's makes me both nostalgic and sad to see where we are. We are better than this, and we will be better tomorrow than we are today. Our diversity makes us unique and special in this world.
I was born in Texas in 1971 and I can still sing along to these songs by memory and still believe in them wholeheartedly. Hang in there and don't give up hope! The full potential of America has yet to be fulfilled.
A.S.M I guess I was if it means equality , opportunity , freedom, and COMMON SENSE, so yeah I guess you know all about propaganda specially being fooled yourself
Oof, imagine the backlash this song would cause if it was made today instead of 47 years ago. It would be called "woke" or "radical leftist" or some other such BS
As someone who took teacher training, I'm sorry to tell you that the "Melting Pot" idea is explicitly rejected by the left. It's seen as outdated, and somehow tainted by white supremacy. A good record in helping to create a relatively harmonious society, where people succeed more often, is a drawback to those who desire revolutionary"change".
That part in the song with the grandmother and then she has a button that says "Kiss me I'm Polish" really stuck with me since MY grandmother is Polish...
I had a great grandmother from the area traditionally known as Bohemia (Czechia). I have memories of her much like that grandma knitting in the chair. She died when I was about 7. When she came through Ellis Island, her paperwork said she was from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Around 2:26 - 2:37 of this video, when I SAW this, I nearly laughed SO loudly, I could have WAKEN up my guardian, whom I've been living with for at least 11 years NOW
This is what America is truly all about. Celebrating and appreciating the things that make us diverse, not harassing or demoralizing the things that make us diverse.
Yeah, well it's nice to believe America is/was a melting pot, but it really isn't.vAlot of it is based on genetics. For example, I'm not Italian, and I have little desire to eat pizza or canaloni. I've never watched a kung fu movie and I think Greek dancing is silly. Does that make me a bad person? No, just means that somebody appreciates those things even if I dont. Go to any Chinatown and see if they'd like to go to a Polish festival and have a perogi, or come to an Octoberfest. Do I think Americans can work together for a collective good: sure.To call it a melting pot isi academic sorcery. Even during WW2 after seventy years of being here, Germans were persecuted by the Wasps in the first belt. For a better idea of what America really is check out RUclips's trippy 1970s us propaganda psa video.
That's not what a melting pot is. A melting pot is something where those who immigrate keep some of their culture but also assimilate to the prevailing culture of that country. Celebrating differences, by definition, is what divides people into cultural bubbles. The way my family came to be is that my German, Irish, and English ancestors came to this country at different times. They hung onto some of their old ways but as the years went by their descendants became a part of the prevailing American culture of their time while inheriting a few things from the first generation to arrive here.
Where's the indians blacks and Mexicans. Trump sorry Puerto Rico we got no money for your people.hay trump Puerto Rico is part of America as president you might want to know that
Hannah Stringer I'm Bulgarian too but your parents should have told you not to Americanize so you can keep religion and also once you Americanize so do your kids and then they forget how to speak Bulgarian and then marry other Americans and lose their culture
Your comment, sir with the Pepe icon, is an example of NO melting pot. If you don't want to Americanize because Bulgaria is so better, flipping stay in Bulgaria.
im not saying i dont want to americanize because "bulgaria is better" (obviously not btw) i'm saying that the ultimate form of degeneracy is losing your ties to your heritage, therefore i dont race mix or culture mix i dont want my pure bulgarian lineage to become a mutt
My family is Mexican we were kicked out from east Texas like 100 or so years ago we went to Mexico.so it’s a strange feeling because I’m an immigrant and at the same time we were here before Texas was American. Not angry about it bad things have always happened but still sad it’s just interesting and unique story to tell my grandchildren how we are immigrants and original colonists, as well as part native because we are meztizo
I’m tearing up because I fear we will loose the idea here if we don’t remember our history. Just a thought. Not meant to be politically charged in anyway.
Could you imagine if this was played in between cartoons today?? So many people (who sang along with this song when they were young) would be scolding the media for pushing their agenda on small children.
I'm a babe of the generation when this first came out. It's so nostalgic but so sad because we are so far from melting. They should play the school house rock videos on tv again like back in my day. They were very educational and inspirational; something media today is truly lacking.
I travel the world quite a bit. I get tears from nostalgia. I loved this as a kid. The singer’s voice is so beautiful. I love how Americans represent every other country in our own ranks, yet we are still unique as Americans. I don’t care your politics, religion, race or creed… I will still fight for our country and love everyone in it… regardless of what others think… We are Americans! That means something still.
I don't think it was ever agreed upon. This song is a myth; America did not always treat the immigrants kindly until they had assimilated after a couple of generations.
@@bobbyc1120 The episode was made to be kid friendly. The message it was intended to instill is that American culture and population has always been a mixup of many different cultures. The age of 5 to 7 might not be the appropriate age to be introduced to genocide, bigotry, and ethnic phobias. There always has been and will be groups that are oppressed and looked down on. It is not always based on race, but can also be based on religion or even language. Example, Irish catholics were ostracized for quite awhile when they started entering in larger numbers. The Jewish community has always had issues with acceptance. Those of Japanese decent during and after WW2. Chinese people suffered stereotypes. The list is long. But, their foods, customs, and genetics has found a place in American culture. Think about when and how things like astrology, Saint Patrick's day, etc came into popular culture. This is not even touching on food influences. How many Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Kosher, Indian, and German restaurants can you find in your area. Do you know many people in the US that don't have blood from multiple races or nationalities in their makeup?
Don't feed the trolls. Love your neighbor and let history show the past where they belong in due time. I think the text at 2:16 is Greek; can anyone offer a translation? I wouldn't care except it's obviously important to the woman and the boy in a great cartoon, so now I'm involved.
I feel like calling America a melting pot now is inaccurate. At the time School House Rock was made, that sentiment was understandable. But today I think it would be more accurate to call America a salad. All the cultures get mixed together but I have rarely seen a melting together of them. But that could just be me.
I'd say that it's pretty melted but it's also in some parts of salad. The fact that you can go down the road and get tacos Chinese food burgers and then some sort of fusion food from a restaurant nearby shows the melting is but because of recent polarisation it does feel like more of the salad
No, I agree. I was in an anthropology class years back and we talked about this. Sure we blend, and there are ideal "seasonings" of equality, hard work and liberty that all Americans should share (and yes, we clearly need to work on that). However, in the end its is more of a blended salad than an assimilated soup.
@Lil Dudy actually plenty of people were figuring out technology without caucasian people but yall bullied yall way into almost everyone else's culture. The point is the caucasians were immigrants who took over and forced other humans into servitude because they thought themselves better this includes Spaniards because they were apart of it too.
It is hard to say whether America is truly a 'melting pot' or a 'salad bowl'. But one thing that the song put correctly is 'our heritage is mixed'. We are truly a nation of mixed ethnicities and i personally and proud of that.
The Melting Pot has lost the image it once had. People decry it because of the sense that as we melt we give up our structure to become homogenous. But the original meaning was the melting pot at a foundry, where different elements-like iron, carbon, and chromium, pretty much useless on their own-became steel-something new, different, and stronger than any single part before.
Currently writing this in the year 2022 With everything that’s happening right now I wish people would remember this It doesn’t matter your race It doesn’t matter your skin Your nationality, religion, language, who you love we are all humans, we live, bleed, love, cry. It doesn’t matter that we’re different, different is fun , exiting , wonderful
2:16 - they even represented my Greek Yiayia (grandma), who came to America and had a daughter who married my Irish dad!! Yiayia became an American citizen and was one of the first U.S. women to vote. I still have her Green Card.
+Penny M To a song that says people should come here legally (as those 19th Century immigrants did) and assimilate into the American culture? You're right, it'd be a great anthem in support of what he says.
The thing about the immigrants in this video back in the days when immigration was large and wide spread is they came here legally with the intention of making a life for themselves. They had to put up with a lot things in those days just to become Americans and they ended up contributing to America and American culture, they did not just sneak under the wire and take up space expecting the social systems in place to provide for them.
I know people are nitpicking this, but it was super progressive for the 1970s. I'm glad those of us born in the 1970s-1980s were shown this in school, because I sincerely think this video and others like it helped make us the more inclusive generations that we are compared to our parents and grandparents. They made multiculturalism accessible and beautiful for us.
I personally believe that America is a "salad bowl' instead of a 'melting pot' because when you melt things, it all becomes one thing where you can't distinguish one thing from another. Cultures in America are distinguished, though, by holidays and traditions. In a salad bowl, it's easier to pick out things and distinguish it from others.
@Abraham Budson-McQuilken A really good salad with lots of ingredients that complement each other can be quite tasty. Unfortunately, some want to have that salad by picking the ingredients out and eating them separately, or want to throw beets on it to overpower all of the other flavors and stain everything purple, or think that a salad should only be some iceberg lettuce, some croutons, and maybe some cheese. Jesslovelyone is correct that in a salad bowl it's easier to pick out things and distinguish it from others. But by keeping it all separated, it's also easier to pick out things and set them aside on the napkin, removing them from the salad. If you want a tasty dish that can't be divided, segregated, or picked apart, yet is still only as good as it is because of all of the different ingredients, the soup is the way to go.
And this attitude is PRECISELY the problem. A melting pot blends things together, creating a unique and beautiful concoction with many flavors. All are present, and they combine together to make a beautiful whole. It does not make the ingredients any less of what they are individually; in fact, they are more than what they started out to be because of the association with other flavors. The salad bowl thing is the BS they tried to teach me in college. A salad bowl is where each ingredient remains separate unto itself and all it ever does is touch other ingredients. It never becomes one with them. The tomato you threw in that salad is still a tomato and nothing more. See the difference?
Is anyone else a little disturbed to learn that the book under the Statue of Liberty's arm is essentially the equivalent of "To Serve Man" from that Twilight Zone episode? Irish Stew indeed!
Have you ever seen the movie An American Tail? Fievel and his family came from Russia, Henri the pigeon who built the Statue of Liberty came from France, Tony came from Italy and Bridget came from Ireland. So that was like the great American melting pot.
The singer of Lovely Lady Liberty, Lori Lieberman, was the original composer and singer for “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in 1972. But her version didn’t chart. It was Roberta Flack’s version that made the song famous a year later. Lori has a beautiful voice which reminds me a bit of Joni Mitchell.
I loved Schoolhouse Rock growing up and this was one of my favorites. I would love some Irish Stew, however. We need to heed this wonderful message. 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇿🇼🇿🇲🇿🇦🇾🇪🇽🇰🇼🇫
Glad to see "Puerto Ricans" in there, but I find it hilarious when "Swedes, Norwegians, Poles, Armenians, etc." are all listed, but then, in the middle of it all, there's just "Africans." "Africans" and only "Africans." Because, y'know... It's not like that's a continent, or anything.
Well I mean this isn’t the newest, I saw someone say something about seeing this in the 70s. Obviously things are going to change between then and the 2000s
Also to be fair, any countries African countries that existed when slavery was happening only exist today in name and land. Also it's hard to find where your from when you were shipped over from another continent with no records or location to speak of other than "shipped out on the west coast, probably"
transformersloverjon most African Americans at this point are a mix of a bunch of West Coast African countries, I did a genetic test on an African American friend and it was mostly 1%s of random countries.
Wwell in their defense, most Africans couldn't trace their ancestry to a specific area, not to mention most African countries we know today didn't exist back than.
I WROTE ABOUT THIS VIDEO FOR MY CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY CLASS --- For this post, I specifically studied the "Where Race Lives" section. This section discusses modern segregation and inequality in the housing market, specifically. One of the pieces discussed is the concept of "ethnic enclaves" like Chinatown. Some may think that these communities segregate themselves, but more often it is a response to inequality. Ethnic enclaves offer community and support and are not the same as the way racism in the housing market creates modern-day segregation. This reminded me of the "melting pot" metaphor discussed in Chapter 6. Minorities are expected to assimilate into the "melting pot" (Guest, 171). Honestly, I have heard this term so many times and it never clicked for me that the term "melting" referred to the literal definition of melting a physical object. When you melt something you break it down completely, which I had not considered could apply to humans. However, when you look at history there are so many examples of dominant groups trying to erase the cultures and identities of minorities, for example with the US attempts to assimilate Native Americans using boarding schools from 1819 to 1969 (Waxman). Ethnic enclaves are an example of multiculturalism, the opposite of the melting pot where ethnic identity and culture are preserved (Guest, 171). Even though they are done more out of a need for community in the face of rampant institutional racism, I think ethnic enclaves like Chinatown are a great example of how multiculturalism is beneficial for all. For example, our local Vegas Koreatown is a great place to go for tourists and locals, but it also provides the community and resources needed for Korean Americans to celebrate their culture and continue their cultural practices. When I was a kid I was taught a lot of things through the 1970s "Schoolhouse Rock" which was an education TV program. There was a song about the "great American melting pot" which showed the melting pot as a big jacuzzi that immigrants to America get to joyfully share (Yohe). With new eyes, I think this TV show aimed at children romanticizing the "melting pot" is also a great example of the intersection of power and cultural institutions, as discussed in Chapter 2 (Guest, 48). I think this is a big reason why I never fully consider the implications of this term. Adelman, Larry, et al. “Race - the Power of an Illusion.” PBS, California Newsreel, 2003, www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm. Guest, Kenneth J. Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age. Edited by Peter Lesser, Third ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2020. Waxman, Olivia B. “The History of Native American Boarding Schools Is Even More Complicated than a New Report Reveals.” Time, Time, 17 May 2022, time.com/6177069/american-indian-boarding-schools-history/. Yohe, Tom, et al. Schoolhouse Rock- The Great American Melting Pot. Performance by Lori Lieberman, RUclips, TV Über, 27 Feb. 2013, ruclips.net/video/5ZQl6XBo64M/видео.html&ab_channel=TV%C3%9Cber. Accessed 11 Nov. 2023.
This show is my childhood! But on the subject of current immigration, it is important to note that people back then were more willing to assimilate into American culture. Not by giving up there heritage or religion or language but adapting to the laws and regulations that were in place. Many immigrants today come here for the financial benefits alone without even attempting to assimilate or adapt to the already established American culture. This causes tension and hostility on both sides rather than acceptance and understanding. I am not trying to put the blame solely on the immigrants because many bigoted Americans refuse to accept other religions and back grounds as well. It just seems counterproductive to blame one people on issues that involve just about everyone. It didn't work well with the treaty of Versailles and it isn't going to work here.
I love schoolhouse Rock although it's not the most historically accurate this one pins it down flat. And I honestly wish as an American myself my fellow countrymen could be a little more accepting. Our country might have problems but it's definitely not the worst place in the world God bless the USA 🇺🇲🇺🇲
Of course. New evidence shows multiple migrations, some from Europe even, to the Americas before the founding of the America as a nation. This short is about immigrants to American in general, and those of the 19th century specifically.
Aisha Bowens and we owe a lot to them the US government is partially based on the Iroquois Confederacy and their “great law of peace” they’re the reason the bald eagle is our national bird
@@phogroian1 not true about from Europe. that's a fringe pseudoscience hypothesis that has been discredited and is mainly spread because of white people trying to justify their claim to the land.
So true Angela, people were here and thriving, before European colonization. I wonder if this will be replayed when we settle or colonize other planets. Like America and Australia from England. I pray we do it better in the future.
Meanwhile conservatives see this song and think "I can't believe liberals expect people not to melt in like the good ol American dream". Conservatives want a melting pot. Liberals want separate ingredients. We can't take in so many immigrants at once that the pot loses its consistency. Look at Sweden, where the immigration situation is so bad one Somalian immigrant from a few years before (who had fled civil war) wanted to go BACK to Somalia because "it's a warzone here".
Bull. Show me something to prove "Conservatives want a melting pot." I see the exact opposite. You are good at twisting reality and trying to prove it with ridiculous examples, so I know you'll find something irrelevant.
Joyce Lansky I'm a conservative and what you're saying is bull. We love people as much as you do. If it were up to me, nobody would judge by race. If it helps further convince you, I'm a mixed race female, cause you like that useless information.
"Let Illegal immigrants in the country, give them free benefits and exemption from criminal penalties while letting Law-abiding citizens get taxed to f**k and have their Constitutional rights slowly taken away. Oh, and we approve the infanticidal killing of unborn Legal citizens." - The Democratic Party
@@ZooTycoonLord Pretty much everything you said is wrong. While i have slightly different plan for immigration (and possibly better if done correctly), i do know that Democrats currently don't want open borders like Donald and the Republicans imply. And on abortion, there is no pro abortion, only pro choice. Democrats have been trying to make abortion unnecessary so annual abortion rates will go down without oppressing women. The other problem with "pro life" is the fact that they're only pro life until the baby is born. Once they're born their life is now insignificant. That's not pro life, it's pro oppression.
@@chrissimmons9743 Just a question, what exactly did Donald Trump say/do that was racist. Also what exactly do you mean by this "The other problem with "pro life" is the fact that they're only pro life until the baby is born. Once they're born their life is now insignificant. That's not pro life, it's pro oppression."
My teacher showed this everyday DO YOU SEE IT YET you just need look into that which you said and maybe start to be very afraid Ask yourself were the students in your class special needs or have other learning disabilities not making fun of you honestly answer that then again I say DO YOU SEE IT YET Did your teacher also tell you 6+4= 10 everyday or just once at most twice DO YOU SEE IT YET Go study propaganda and the first rule if to repeat a lie enough times and people will believe it.
Never took note of the powerful message of this song until now... I agree wholeheartedly that many can learn so much from this song! Never forget one's roots!
Blinking ARMY-L That was one of the stupidest videos I’ve ever seen. The United States of America is a nation of immigrants because all of our ancestors came to the US only a few generations ago or less. Not everything that’s iconic to the American identity was invented in 1776 we built our national identity and our founding ideas over time. So even if the Statue of Liberty wasn’t a symbol of immigration when it was installed it became one because it was the first thing immigrants saw when they came into the country. Also trying to make a distinction between “settlers” and imigrants is just stupid and dishonest because the settlers were imigrants who assimilated and became American just like immigrants do today. You’re bending over backwards to make this country into something it’s not to fit your right wing conspiracy theories and your preventing what it means to be an American to fit your own bigoted conspiracy theories you should be ashamed. God bless America 🇺🇸
@@skysthelimitvideos ruclips.net/video/MipGQQB84OU/видео.html ruclips.net/video/kS-1HXjVMog/видео.html ruclips.net/video/NtArfdYjQ4w/видео.html ruclips.net/video/ACpeH45MIPU/видео.html No The Democrats just want more immagration for more votes. They don't actually care about Diversity. Do you think Nancy Pelosi walks on the streets of San Francisco? Do you really think Maxine Watters sends her kids to public schools? Do you think Bernie Sanders redistributes his wealth to the American people? Do you really think AOC is out there planting trees? Do you think Rishida Tilab is bringing illegals to her house? Are you crazy?!?! God bless America 🇺🇸Q🗽⏳✝️
Fun Fact: The woman who sings this song, Lori Lieberman, was the original singer of "Killing me softly with his song" (it wasn't Roberta Flack, she did a cover version). Not only that, but she provided the inspiration for the lyrics of the song by composing a poem titled "Killing me softly with his blues".
@walterfox4781 :Lori Lieberman wrote the song after she went to a Don McLean concert bet you never knew that, huh???!!!!!...I hope you will reply to this
I love how they casually leave out the native people who were already here and how slaves, you know, actually built most of this country. I guess that isn’t as “jingly.” 🤦🏾♂️
I love when people take something that was intended to promote any race coming to America and someone still finds a way to make it a racial slur. People like you are the reason we are still talking about race. Until we stop looking for inconsistencies and slurs in everything we will not truly have racial equality. That goes for every race :)
As a gay black/African-American millennial, ugh man does this kinda sugar coat what actually happened, (and a slightly incorrect adaptation of the rough "Ellis Island" journey, and the hell those people unfairly went through) but still one of Schoolhouse rock's most lovely/powerful skits/songs, and the vocalist, her voice is magical. Although the peaceful message, which sadly didn't age/transition well in modern times. "Sigh".
Your missing the inter point of the song, this saying no matter who you are, you can come to America and build a better life for yourself and your family
Disney should re-release this song. I think an artist should raise awareness that initially, immigration to a free country is one (of many major) reason that makes America so great. I believe that in this day and age, America is quietly going through a period of "disillusionment". We seem to have forgotten the importance of the American Dream and what it stands for, and that the rights and equal opportunity is for all, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, background, gender, orientation, etc. If you legally obtain the suffix "American" into your identity (African-American, Italian-American, etc), you should have the same chance of acheiving one's own Dream, equally and fairly. We seem to forget. 🇺🇸
I always smile when I watch this video, it makes me feel so proud and fortunate to be a part of this wonderful nation and it also fills me with such gratitude for the immigrants who enriched and built this country to what it is today. How lucky to be American and "something else as well". That is why we are the most unique nation on earth.
I'm glad too see someone commenting on how this song is positive and how wonderful it is to be American and something else as well. Other people only come on here to say, the song is lie and our country is full of people who only care about money. I'm glad good people like you and I are proud of where we live and who we are and know this is a wonderful song and message. The part that gets to me is about go ask your Grandma. It reminds me of my dear friend Boots and my late great Grandmother
Very few people on the earth can be lucky enough to call themselves "American" and what separates us from the rest of the world is the unselfish spirit of our people and the understanding that there is more than just money. And there is an appreciation of our elders and the leaders who built this country. And the ability to know that something can always be made better, and that anyone can be anything. No other society has that luxury.
metsdudenj Are you referring to people from the United States of America or some other type of "American"? There are no shortage of selfish people in this country to care more about money than other things.
George Lichty The flag used here first appeared in the Weimar Republic. The Holy Roman Empire had plenty of French, Italian and Slavic provinces too. And Germany was late to the colonization game, waaay past the 16th century. /nitpick
I was born in Russia and adopted and brought to the USA. I was 18 months old. My brother and sister were born and adopted from the Ukraine. They were about 5 and spoke in “baby Ukrainian”, like speaking toddler words like “grandma and grandpa”… We need to embrace different cultures and religions. Not shun them or hate them. I feel like the USA has strayed off the path of being the “Great American Melting Pot” sadly… Not because of the regular every day citizens, but because of the politicians…
Listen... Dear everyone, Just so you know this show started in 1973, literally before my mother was born, and my dad was barely even a human. Things were quite different back in the days of the good ol’ seventies. Everything was very different, including how laws are made. Mr. Bill does not just get signed by the president now, like I said it was the seventies. There’s a way called an executive order, that’s how it works now. So listen people I’m not a trump supporter I’m not a supporter of liars, I’m also not a supporter of Hilary either. In this brilliant time of the seventies immigrants came here because everything was a land of hope as everyone said. Immigrants came here to start a new life, and melt in. Race didn’t matter, what your religion was it didn’t matter. We saw each other as any other person on earth. God created us right... Lady Liberty is a symbol of freedom and the landmark for our country, while she stands taller than us she stirs us together (melts us together) which is just a saying meaning it doesn’t matter your proud to be American and that’s what’s so great! Liberty stirs us together! But there’s those few people who think “Yeah this matters” “It’s dumb” And all that because all their trying to do is stay out of the pot because they don’t want to hop into a bond of amazing people. I hope you get the meaning of this now and if not just read it again closely and if you read it again and still don’t know what it means.... Ask your grandma.
America really IS a melting pot, and not a "salad bowl". However, the only way to represent this in a video would involve the depiction of a lot of interracial sex, so...
That's what my teacher was saying that America is not like a salad bowl.He said it's like a cheese dip mixed with all kinds of cheeses blended together to create one kind of cheese
My mother watched this in school.
I watched it in school.
My children watched it school.
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I remember watching this along other Schoolhouse Rock cartoons on TV as a kid.
That’s how you know you sent your kids to a good school: if they teach them decency and respectability, and the truth that our nation is only great when we are a nation of the world, when so many other countries are limited by race and nationality. You can be any color, any religion, any identity, and still be American
And project 2025 will make sure you never see it again
@@danielorlando8172 republicans aren’t the only ones with guns. I will never descend to the depths others have, but I will not bear to lose a country I love to the barely literate
"Welcome to Ellis Island, may I take you order?"
"Yeah, I'll have one Irish stew"
"Coming right up!"
**Screams are heard from the kitchen**
customer: ack! this tastes like Guinness, sheep and lucky charms!
Jacob Dauphinais customer: why doesn't my soup have any potato in it?
*oh wait lmao
Ezra Legum Sounds tasty!
@@bobbygospodinov5687 Oh... You didn't...
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New Yorkers look so calm and innocent in this film.
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watch "Gangs of New York" movie or read the book version because that's Reality; this film is a cleaned up version of Reality.
@The serpent must die Hollywood is often the enemy of historical fact.
Lmao 😂 this is an amazing comment. Hope you are well.
@@leviathantoobz I’m fine lol...
If only people today would understand this lesson
Spot ON, Alex!
Alex Talbain
On either side. Both migrants and those who oppose them.
@@austinreed7343 no one is opposing immigration. This is the problem, people don't want to have an intelligent conversation about it. There is a vast difference between immigration and illegal immigration.
Sean Skelton and If we were to have a serious debate about immigration then our borders would be closed.
@@heydudedolfan13 according to our laws there is such a thing.
I'm siting here with tears rolling down my face. To think a long time ago this was the idea of what America could be, and to see how far we've strayed and become to view our fellow Americans as villains instead of allies. I hope when all this is over or perhaps when I'm older that we can get back to what this country was founded on...
I wasn't alive in 1973 when Schoolhouse Rock began but I have watched alot of it. The past few years in school I have brought it up to my teachers and we ended up singing schoolhouse rock songs all day long.
Yes, go back on the ideals our nation is based upon, not so much the history of the US which often reflects the opposite. We want to strive for improvement, VOTE!
I grew up watching this. It's makes me both nostalgic and sad to see where we are. We are better than this, and we will be better tomorrow than we are today. Our diversity makes us unique and special in this world.
I am to comment because I was crying and want our country to as amazing as this video makes it seem again
I was born in Texas in 1971 and I can still sing along to these songs by memory and still believe in them wholeheartedly. Hang in there and don't give up hope! The full potential of America has yet to be fulfilled.
WAIT! lady liberty's eating us
Claudia Walker so
The Great American Vore Party
Maybe this was Jeffery Dahmer's inspiration!
+Claudia Walker It’s a metaphor.
Claudia Walker You know it's just a metaphor
Love this! As an immigrant from Iraq, I am proud to be part of the USA 🇺🇸
And we descendants of the colonies are proud to have you as part of the USA.
Glad you could join the party my friend! Hope things are going well for you!
Thank you for coming here. We need more people like you here - people who appreciate what a great place this really is.
Welcome to American my fellow citizen!
From one American to another, glad to have you here!
You know these videos are good when your College Professor requires it for a class.
Gender studies professor, or liberal arts professor?
Uh, conservatives agree with a melting pot, too.
Gee Buttersnaps aye lol
Spanish Professor...
Gee Buttersnaps Culinary arts.
it’s sad that people today deteriorated to the point where this seems like most of them forgot THIS IS AMERICA.
We were raised on this stuff and not twitter and cnn that’s why we turned out better I think
Michael Schuler You were raised on propaganda
A.S.M I guess I was if it means equality , opportunity , freedom, and COMMON SENSE, so yeah I guess you know all about propaganda specially being fooled yourself
america has not deteriorated, it has always been this way. you just weren’t paying attention.
Jules Chavez so basically what your doing now
We need to start showing this on sat mornings once again!!
The message will teach our youth and perhaps remind the older ones!!
Good thought, but children don't watch TV on Saturdays anymore, or anytime really. Just RUclips and Netflix.
Oof, imagine the backlash this song would cause if it was made today instead of 47 years ago. It would be called "woke" or "radical leftist" or some other such BS
As someone who took teacher training, I'm sorry to tell you that the "Melting Pot" idea is explicitly rejected by the left. It's seen as outdated, and somehow tainted by white supremacy. A good record in helping to create a relatively harmonious society, where people succeed more often, is a drawback to those who desire revolutionary"change".
Only fools will call it that
Lefties these days don't appreciate the american values such as patriotism, liberty and unity. DEI is the opposite of what this song is about
That part in the song with the grandmother and then she has a button that says "Kiss me I'm Polish" really stuck with me since MY grandmother is Polish...
I like that part too. It kind of brings tears to my eyes. I feel like saying ask your Grandma is telling me she'll always be here.
I had a great grandmother from the area traditionally known as Bohemia (Czechia). I have memories of her much like that grandma knitting in the chair. She died when I was about 7. When she came through Ellis Island, her paperwork said she was from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Me too. And I sang that part of the song solo when I was in the Jr. version of the live show. Hahaha. So it always stuck.
Around 2:26 - 2:37 of this video, when I SAW this, I nearly laughed SO loudly, I could have WAKEN up my guardian, whom I've been living with for at least 11 years NOW
My best friend's from Poland, I want 2 learn polish language!
This is what America is truly all about. Celebrating and appreciating the things that make us diverse, not harassing or demoralizing the things that make us diverse.
Take your Word DIVERSE and shove it. The word is called AMERICANS.
Yeah, well it's nice to believe America is/was a melting pot, but it really isn't.vAlot of it is based on genetics. For example, I'm not Italian, and I have little desire to eat pizza or canaloni. I've never watched a kung fu movie and I think Greek dancing is silly. Does that make me a bad person? No, just means that somebody appreciates those things even if I dont. Go to any Chinatown and see if they'd like to go to a Polish festival and have a perogi, or come to an Octoberfest. Do I think Americans can work together for a collective good: sure.To call it a melting pot isi academic sorcery. Even during WW2 after seventy years of being here, Germans were persecuted by the Wasps in the first belt. For a better idea of what America really is check out RUclips's trippy 1970s us propaganda psa video.
That's not what a melting pot is. A melting pot is something where those who immigrate keep some of their culture but also assimilate to the prevailing culture of that country. Celebrating differences, by definition, is what divides people into cultural bubbles. The way my family came to be is that my German, Irish, and English ancestors came to this country at different times. They hung onto some of their old ways but as the years went by their descendants became a part of the prevailing American culture of their time while inheriting a few things from the first generation to arrive here.
Where's the indians blacks and Mexicans.
Trump sorry Puerto Rico we got no money for your people.hay trump Puerto Rico is part of America as president you might want to know that
This video makes me even more proud of my identity. I'm proud to be a Bulgarian American.
I love Bulgaria
Hannah Stringer I'm Bulgarian too but your parents should have told you not to Americanize so you can keep religion and also once you Americanize so do your kids and then they forget how to speak Bulgarian and then marry other Americans and lose their culture
Your comment, sir with the Pepe icon, is an example of NO melting pot. If you don't want to Americanize because Bulgaria is so better, flipping stay in Bulgaria.
im not saying i dont want to americanize because "bulgaria is better" (obviously not btw) i'm saying that the ultimate form of degeneracy is losing your ties to your heritage, therefore i dont race mix or culture mix i dont want my pure bulgarian lineage to become a mutt
GasmaskAvenger if your anything other than 100% European do not speak to me
This was my jam when I was younger!!! Also for those of you concerned about the Africans and other races, "it said it doesn't matter what your skin".
Specifically shows Africans, Chinese, and Puerto Ricans in the ingredient list. (Won't lie, I wish they'd had American Indians on the docket too)
Agreed. And in the list of "founders" they forgot the Spanish, who built the oldest city in the continental US; St. Augustine, Florida.
@@Nobodyimportant85 tbf, American Indians aren’t immigrants, but I get ur point and it’s a good one
My family is Mexican we were kicked out from east Texas like 100 or so years ago we went to Mexico.so it’s a strange feeling because I’m an immigrant and at the same time we were here before Texas was American. Not angry about it bad things have always happened but still sad it’s just interesting and unique story to tell my grandchildren how we are immigrants and original colonists, as well as part native because we are meztizo
Whos here after watching last week tonight
Lol same
Me, although I am right wing.
I’m tearing up because I fear we will loose the idea here if we don’t remember our history. Just a thought. Not meant to be politically charged in anyway.
US takes in 1 million green card holders every year, it’s an unthinkable number for many countries.
Lmao. They didn't show African Americans.
Guess that would have been a tad akward.
Could you imagine if this was played in between cartoons today?? So many people (who sang along with this song when they were young) would be scolding the media for pushing their agenda on small children.
The right wing media, that is.
You're full of shit dude.
@@nicholasrowley947 It's true they're the kind of people that attack a 16 year old on twitter... fucking cowards.
@@AnnabelRoss6789 *cough* smirking maga kid *cough*
@@nicholasrowley947 actually a commercial by coke had a VERY similar message and the exact thing happened.
I'm a babe of the generation when this first came out. It's so nostalgic but so sad because we are so far from melting. They should play the school house rock videos on tv again like back in my day. They were very educational and inspirational; something media today is truly lacking.
I travel the world quite a bit. I get tears from nostalgia. I loved this as a kid. The singer’s voice is so beautiful. I love how Americans represent every other country in our own ranks, yet we are still unique as Americans. I don’t care your politics, religion, race or creed… I will still fight for our country and love everyone in it… regardless of what others think… We are Americans! That means something still.
Is nobody going to question how Lady Liberty's torch stays in the air when she flips through the book?
It's supposed to be a joke, you have to have a certain sense of humor to get it
no because it’s not important
Cartoon.
Lady Liberty exhibits magic powers lol
Great American ingenuity, obviously.
America needs to watch this again. I think the message has been forgotten.
I don't think it was ever agreed upon. This song is a myth; America did not always treat the immigrants kindly until they had assimilated after a couple of generations.
@@bobbyc1120 The episode was made to be kid friendly. The message it was intended to instill is that American culture and population has always been a mixup of many different cultures. The age of 5 to 7 might not be the appropriate age to be introduced to genocide, bigotry, and ethnic phobias. There always has been and will be groups that are oppressed and looked down on. It is not always based on race, but can also be based on religion or even language. Example, Irish catholics were ostracized for quite awhile when they started entering in larger numbers. The Jewish community has always had issues with acceptance. Those of Japanese decent during and after WW2. Chinese people suffered stereotypes. The list is long. But, their foods, customs, and genetics has found a place in American culture. Think about when and how things like astrology, Saint Patrick's day, etc came into popular culture. This is not even touching on food influences. How many Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Kosher, Indian, and German restaurants can you find in your area. Do you know many people in the US that don't have blood from multiple races or nationalities in their makeup?
The verses are so Joni Mitchell-like with both the melody and the harmony... :)
Ah yes! The countries of the world! Italy, China, Portugal, France...
*Africa.*
That's literally what I was thinking everytime it showed all the countries of origin lol
This comment made me laugh like a windex spray
Where does it say this?
:D Thank you for this comment.
@C. Blake 2:03. Words cannot describe the irony.
Remember when TV had heart...I miss those days 😀👍💙🇺🇸
@Trevor Sedis how is that relevant to what he's saying at all
If only...this is what America should be
Quick Fix Lunatic ---
I forgive you. May God have Mercy on your hateful soul. Crime is down since the past 20 yrs.
Quick Fix Lunatic ---'
I forgive you. May God have Mercy on your hateful soul. Crime has been down. Its not the 80's 90's crime rate in today's time.
Although crime has gone up a bit since 2012, it has dropped significantly since 1970.
Don't feed the trolls. Love your neighbor and let history show the past where they belong in due time.
I think the text at 2:16 is Greek; can anyone offer a translation? I wouldn't care except it's obviously important to the woman and the boy in a great cartoon, so now I'm involved.
timharrod It looks like Greek, but I honestly don't know.
I feel like calling America a melting pot now is inaccurate. At the time School House Rock was made, that sentiment was understandable. But today I think it would be more accurate to call America a salad. All the cultures get mixed together but I have rarely seen a melting together of them. But that could just be me.
I'd say that it's pretty melted but it's also in some parts of salad. The fact that you can go down the road and get tacos Chinese food burgers and then some sort of fusion food from a restaurant nearby shows the melting is but because of recent polarisation it does feel like more of the salad
They used to melt together but not anymore.
No, I agree. I was in an anthropology class years back and we talked about this. Sure we blend, and there are ideal "seasonings" of equality, hard work and liberty that all Americans should share (and yes, we clearly need to work on that). However, in the end its is more of a blended salad than an assimilated soup.
I've been saying for a while we went from melting pot to mixed salad to dinner plate of an OCD toddler who freaks out if his foods are touching.
That's been our downfall-- multiculturalism-- and its why Europe is always fighting with each other.
Did I miss the part where they mentioned there were already Native Americans living in "America"?
I don't BELIEVE anyone would have HEARD this, BUT if anyone had, PROVE me wrong
@@JENDALL714 yeah I'm sure they appreciated being raped and given measles
@Lil Dudy actually plenty of people were figuring out technology without caucasian people but yall bullied yall way into almost everyone else's culture. The point is the caucasians were immigrants who took over and forced other humans into servitude because they thought themselves better this includes Spaniards because they were apart of it too.
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I can see this from both sides.
@@austinreed7343 yeah one side is from the imperialist and the other is the side that lost everything to them.
My teacher showed me this and it is just so catchy I can't stop hearing it xD
Same with me
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Came here because of John Oliver
Same
Shame he denigrated the song as it's amazing.
The same guy who said not to "dress up as people of a different race" on Halloween? How can America be a melting pot when people are divided by race?
It is hard to say whether America is truly a 'melting pot' or a 'salad bowl'. But one thing that the song put correctly is 'our heritage is mixed'. We are truly a nation of mixed ethnicities and i personally and proud of that.
Amen! Lest all follow Martin Luther King Jr's dream and all sit at the table of brotherhood.
Dan Kisly so am I
The Melting Pot has lost the image it once had. People decry it because of the sense that as we melt we give up our structure to become homogenous. But the original meaning was the melting pot at a foundry, where different elements-like iron, carbon, and chromium, pretty much useless on their own-became steel-something new, different, and stronger than any single part before.
MarioBrony You're proud being an Amerimutt?
@@user-ic9vz8sp1x
I am an Amerimutt (especially on my maternal side), and I wouldn't want to be anything else.
Currently writing this in the year 2022
With everything that’s happening right now I wish people would remember this
It doesn’t matter your race
It doesn’t matter your skin
Your nationality, religion, language, who you love
we are all humans, we live, bleed, love, cry.
It doesn’t matter that we’re different, different is fun , exiting , wonderful
2:16 - they even represented my Greek Yiayia (grandma), who came to America and had a daughter who married my Irish dad!! Yiayia became an American citizen and was one of the first U.S. women to vote. I still have her Green Card.
This came out in 1977 and Today in 2020,we are So divided.
It’s So Sad!!!
If you do Not learn from your past,you’ll be Dammed to Relive it!!!
That’s not how Santayana said it but okay.
Donald trump needs to listen to this song.
+Penny M To a song that says people should come here legally (as those 19th Century immigrants did) and assimilate into the American culture? You're right, it'd be a great anthem in support of what he says.
+George Lichty well it says regardless of religion and Color so you are wrong
+George Lichty they brought their countries customs, their language and their ways. They built the factorys tilled the soil helped build the u s a.
HUGE difference between blend and ASSIMILATE. Maybe you should by a dictionary.
Cathy Villa BUY a dictionary.
The Monuments Mythos made this song hit hard but in a bad way
A whole new meaning to “melting.”
Show this to I.C.E.
...& they'll say "Fine & good, as long as it's LEGAL immigration", something you pandering libs don't seam to understand.
@@fortunekookimon4610 You’re acting as if these European Americans were legal lol
@@Pink_pr1ncess thay were.
This song always chokes me up.
Thinking about our ancestors coming here with nothing but hope and whatever they could carry.
America was founded by Europeans. It was over 95% white until the 1960s. We were a melting pot of European cultures. That is our ancestors.
Someone please show this to Donald Trump so he knows what America is REALLY about
bro. The united States of America was NOT founded by england, germany, france, spain, or mexico.
More like the epitome of bigotry
Yeah sorry I don't support Donald Frump's bigotry stances
I have a job thank you very much and Donald Trump's racist ideas and inexperience has no place in the White House
+ORACLEofORBS arguing with you is like doing a card trick for the blind, it's completely pointless and a waste of time
Trump clearly didn’t have the pleasure of Schoolhouse Rock in his childhood.
Allison Ellayne we are not a nation of immigrants
GTU_AK lol
Allison Ellayne we are a nation of Germanic settlers, conquers and revolutionaries.
The thing about the immigrants in this video back in the days when immigration was large and wide spread is they came here legally with the intention of making a life for themselves. They had to put up with a lot things in those days just to become Americans and they ended up contributing to America and American culture, they did not just sneak under the wire and take up space expecting the social systems in place to provide for them.
I know people are nitpicking this, but it was super progressive for the 1970s. I'm glad those of us born in the 1970s-1980s were shown this in school, because I sincerely think this video and others like it helped make us the more inclusive generations that we are compared to our parents and grandparents. They made multiculturalism accessible and beautiful for us.
I love how this was meant for children and people are taking it apart and getting offended so easily.
THRILLING, isn't it?
That's alt-reich snowflakes for ya.
Are people getting offended? Or are you just talking shit because you can't go an hour without doing so?
It was meant for indoctrinating children.....
@@angelbarajas9180 Uh huh, sure, a song about how great it is to be an American, but also to be proud of where you came from.
It seems that America has not understood the spirit of this song.
I personally believe that America is a "salad bowl' instead of a 'melting pot' because when you melt things, it all becomes one thing where you can't distinguish one thing from another. Cultures in America are distinguished, though, by holidays and traditions. In a salad bowl, it's easier to pick out things and distinguish it from others.
TRUE!
@Abraham Budson-McQuilken A really good salad with lots of ingredients that complement each other can be quite tasty. Unfortunately, some want to have that salad by picking the ingredients out and eating them separately, or want to throw beets on it to overpower all of the other flavors and stain everything purple, or think that a salad should only be some iceberg lettuce, some croutons, and maybe some cheese.
Jesslovelyone is correct that in a salad bowl it's easier to pick out things and distinguish it from others. But by keeping it all separated, it's also easier to pick out things and set them aside on the napkin, removing them from the salad. If you want a tasty dish that can't be divided, segregated, or picked apart, yet is still only as good as it is because of all of the different ingredients, the soup is the way to go.
@@stevensauer5597yo that makes sense
And this attitude is PRECISELY the problem.
A melting pot blends things together, creating a unique and beautiful concoction with many flavors. All are present, and they combine together to make a beautiful whole. It does not make the ingredients any less of what they are individually; in fact, they are more than what they started out to be because of the association with other flavors.
The salad bowl thing is the BS they tried to teach me in college. A salad bowl is where each ingredient remains separate unto itself and all it ever does is touch other ingredients. It never becomes one with them. The tomato you threw in that salad is still a tomato and nothing more.
See the difference?
@@stevensauer5597PRECISELY!
what about the African immigrants . Asians , native Americans
Theirs an asian girl
Is anyone else a little disturbed to learn that the book under the Statue of Liberty's arm is essentially the equivalent of "To Serve Man" from that Twilight Zone episode? Irish Stew indeed!
Werebat I knew she was up to no good. i love that episode of The Twilight Zone
Werebat Serve Irish stew swift-ly and in "modest proportions".
to quote Principal Skinner: "you might say there's a little Üter in all of us"
TV Über "I think I'll start, as you so often suggested, by EATING YOUR SHORTS!!!"
I love that episode.
Yo anyone else here cause there history teacher played this a couple of hears ago and you finally had flash backs
Have you ever seen the movie An American Tail? Fievel and his family came from Russia, Henri the pigeon who built the Statue of Liberty came from France, Tony came from Italy and Bridget came from Ireland. So that was like the great American melting pot.
I remember that one! It's such a good movie!
I remember watching that movie as a kid and laughing as the mice sang “There are no cats in America” as I had my cat curled up in my lap!
Notice how theyre all europeans
No. Read the text in it
I'm currently writing a paper about being American. This is very helpful indeed. Long live Schoolhouse Rock!!
This song is so beautiful, it brings a tear to my eye whenever I hear it.
The singer of Lovely Lady Liberty, Lori Lieberman, was the original composer and singer for “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in 1972. But her version didn’t chart. It was Roberta Flack’s version that made the song famous a year later. Lori has a beautiful voice which reminds me a bit of Joni Mitchell.
I loved Schoolhouse Rock growing up and this was one of my favorites. I would love some Irish Stew, however. We need to heed this wonderful message. 🇺🇲🇺🇸🇿🇼🇿🇲🇿🇦🇾🇪🇽🇰🇼🇫
I grew up on Schoolhouse Rock. I absolutely loved it. The Great American Melting Pot was one of my favorites.
Glad to see "Puerto Ricans" in there, but I find it hilarious when "Swedes, Norwegians, Poles, Armenians, etc." are all listed, but then, in the middle of it all, there's just "Africans." "Africans" and only "Africans." Because, y'know... It's not like that's a continent, or anything.
Well I mean this isn’t the newest, I saw someone say something about seeing this in the 70s. Obviously things are going to change between then and the 2000s
Also to be fair, any countries African countries that existed when slavery was happening only exist today in name and land. Also it's hard to find where your from when you were shipped over from another continent with no records or location to speak of other than "shipped out on the west coast, probably"
transformersloverjon most African Americans at this point are a mix of a bunch of West Coast African countries, I did a genetic test on an African American friend and it was mostly 1%s of random countries.
transformersloverjon I mean it’s really old, they were clearly trying so I don’t judge them too hard at all
Wwell in their defense, most Africans couldn't trace their ancestry to a specific area, not to mention most African countries we know today didn't exist back than.
I WROTE ABOUT THIS VIDEO FOR MY CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY CLASS
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For this post, I specifically studied the "Where Race Lives" section. This section discusses modern segregation and inequality in the housing market, specifically. One of the pieces discussed is the concept of "ethnic enclaves" like Chinatown. Some may think that these communities segregate themselves, but more often it is a response to inequality. Ethnic enclaves offer community and support and are not the same as the way racism in the housing market creates modern-day segregation. This reminded me of the "melting pot" metaphor discussed in Chapter 6. Minorities are expected to assimilate into the "melting pot" (Guest, 171).
Honestly, I have heard this term so many times and it never clicked for me that the term "melting" referred to the literal definition of melting a physical object. When you melt something you break it down completely, which I had not considered could apply to humans. However, when you look at history there are so many examples of dominant groups trying to erase the cultures and identities of minorities, for example with the US attempts to assimilate Native Americans using boarding schools from 1819 to 1969 (Waxman).
Ethnic enclaves are an example of multiculturalism, the opposite of the melting pot where ethnic identity and culture are preserved (Guest, 171). Even though they are done more out of a need for community in the face of rampant institutional racism, I think ethnic enclaves like Chinatown are a great example of how multiculturalism is beneficial for all. For example, our local Vegas Koreatown is a great place to go for tourists and locals, but it also provides the community and resources needed for Korean Americans to celebrate their culture and continue their cultural practices.
When I was a kid I was taught a lot of things through the 1970s "Schoolhouse Rock" which was an education TV program. There was a song about the "great American melting pot" which showed the melting pot as a big jacuzzi that immigrants to America get to joyfully share (Yohe). With new eyes, I think this TV show aimed at children romanticizing the "melting pot" is also a great example of the intersection of power and cultural institutions, as discussed in Chapter 2 (Guest, 48). I think this is a big reason why I never fully consider the implications of this term.
Adelman, Larry, et al. “Race - the Power of an Illusion.” PBS, California Newsreel, 2003, www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm.
Guest, Kenneth J. Cultural Anthropology: A Toolkit for a Global Age. Edited by Peter Lesser, Third ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.
Waxman, Olivia B. “The History of Native American Boarding Schools Is Even More Complicated than a New Report Reveals.” Time, Time, 17 May 2022, time.com/6177069/american-indian-boarding-schools-history/.
Yohe, Tom, et al. Schoolhouse Rock- The Great American Melting Pot. Performance by Lori Lieberman, RUclips, TV Über, 27 Feb. 2013, ruclips.net/video/5ZQl6XBo64M/видео.html&ab_channel=TV%C3%9Cber. Accessed 11 Nov. 2023.
Schoolhouse rock was way ahead of its time
2020. I still cry when I watch this.
Someone should play this for Trump and his administration! 😂
Someone should show you this
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@@angelbarajas9180 America is horrible
you are rude
@@prettybarbie9273 And one of the few places where you are free to say such idiocy without being arrested, sanctioned, censored, or worse.
Someone should play this at the DNC. You don't want a melting pot, you want a mixed salad.
This show is my childhood! But on the subject of current immigration, it is important to note that people back then were more willing to assimilate into American culture. Not by giving up there heritage or religion or language but adapting to the laws and regulations that were in place. Many immigrants today come here for the financial benefits alone without even attempting to assimilate or adapt to the already established American culture. This causes tension and hostility on both sides rather than acceptance and understanding. I am not trying to put the blame solely on the immigrants because many bigoted Americans refuse to accept other religions and back grounds as well. It just seems counterproductive to blame one people on issues that involve just about everyone. It didn't work well with the treaty of Versailles and it isn't going to work here.
I agree with another commenter you're missing the point the point was that and The song specifically says that immigrants "gave us our culture"
Whenever I hear racist comments from an American I think of this song and then think "How UnAmerican"!
Now people would hate this because of cultural appropriation
I love schoolhouse Rock although it's not the most historically accurate this one pins it down flat. And I honestly wish as an American myself my fellow countrymen could be a little more accepting. Our country might have problems but it's definitely not the worst place in the world God bless the USA 🇺🇲🇺🇲
Native American tribes were here first way before Europeans migrated here as immigrants.
Of course. New evidence shows multiple migrations, some from Europe even, to the Americas before the founding of the America as a nation. This short is about immigrants to American in general, and those of the 19th century specifically.
Aisha Bowens and we owe a lot to them the US government is partially based on the Iroquois Confederacy and their “great law of peace” they’re the reason the bald eagle is our national bird
@@phogroian1 not true about from Europe. that's a fringe pseudoscience hypothesis that has been discredited and is mainly spread because of white people trying to justify their claim to the land.
Aisha Bowens yeah they came from Siberia originally
So true Angela, people were here and thriving, before European colonization. I wonder if this will be replayed when we settle or colonize other planets. Like America and Australia from England. I pray we do it better in the future.
We need videos like THIS right now in this difficult election year.
Shirley Burton took bad trump won
Meanwhile conservatives see this song and think "I can't believe liberals expect people not to melt in like the good ol American dream". Conservatives want a melting pot. Liberals want separate ingredients. We can't take in so many immigrants at once that the pot loses its consistency. Look at Sweden, where the immigration situation is so bad one Somalian immigrant from a few years before (who had fled civil war) wanted to go BACK to Somalia because "it's a warzone here".
Bull. Show me something to prove "Conservatives want a melting pot." I see the exact opposite. You are good at twisting reality and trying to prove it with ridiculous examples, so I know you'll find something irrelevant.
Joyce Lansky I'm a conservative and what you're saying is bull. We love people as much as you do. If it were up to me, nobody would judge by race. If it helps further convince you, I'm a mixed race female, cause you like that useless information.
Rae Smith Oh snap!
"It doesn't matter the color of your skin. It doesn't matter where your from"
Enter Donald.
Come legally, they came legally
"Let Illegal immigrants in the country, give them free benefits and exemption from criminal penalties while letting Law-abiding citizens get taxed to f**k and have their Constitutional rights slowly taken away. Oh, and we approve the infanticidal killing of unborn Legal citizens."
- The Democratic Party
@@ZooTycoonLord Pretty much everything you said is wrong. While i have slightly different plan for immigration (and possibly better if done correctly), i do know that Democrats currently don't want open borders like Donald and the Republicans imply. And on abortion, there is no pro abortion, only pro choice. Democrats have been trying to make abortion unnecessary so annual abortion rates will go down without oppressing women. The other problem with "pro life" is the fact that they're only pro life until the baby is born. Once they're born their life is now insignificant. That's not pro life, it's pro oppression.
@@chrissimmons9743 Just a question, what exactly did Donald Trump say/do that was racist. Also what exactly do you mean by this "The other problem with "pro life" is the fact that they're only pro life until the baby is born. Once they're born their life is now insignificant. That's not pro life, it's pro oppression."
exit donald
Have you hear the incident of liberty lurker ?
Ma I’ve done it I’ve brought the infection to a perfectly innocent video
I watch this in elementary school in 4th grade and it’s sad that some Americans have forgotten this. It’s sad
This clumsily explains immigration
My teacher showed us this every day in class about nine years ago. I still know the lyrics by heart
My teacher showed this everyday DO YOU SEE IT YET you just need look into that which you said and maybe start to be very afraid
Ask yourself were the students in your class special needs or have other learning disabilities not making fun of you honestly answer that then again I say
DO YOU SEE IT YET
Did your teacher also tell you 6+4= 10 everyday or just once at most twice
DO YOU SEE IT YET
Go study propaganda and the first rule if to repeat a lie enough times and people will believe it.
@@cravenlestat7006 dude what
Never took note of the powerful message of this song until now...
I agree wholeheartedly that many can learn so much from this song! Never forget one's roots!
The pot doesn't have Florida as the panhandle
Thank you John Oliver for reminding me that Lady Liberty will boil us all. Like America didn’t already have a million other problems.......
Lol all of the nationalities/ ethnicities in the book and just “Africans”
Trump needs to watch this to learn what being American truly means 🇺🇸
You need to watch this and understand your watching Globalist propaganda
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Blinking ARMY-L That was one of the stupidest videos I’ve ever seen. The United States of America is a nation of immigrants because all of our ancestors came to the US only a few generations ago or less. Not everything that’s iconic to the American identity was invented in 1776 we built our national identity and our founding ideas over time. So even if the Statue of Liberty wasn’t a symbol of immigration when it was installed it became one because it was the first thing immigrants saw when they came into the country. Also trying to make a distinction between “settlers” and imigrants is just stupid and dishonest because the settlers were imigrants who assimilated and became American just like immigrants do today. You’re bending over backwards to make this country into something it’s not to fit your right wing conspiracy theories and your preventing what it means to be an American to fit your own bigoted conspiracy theories you should be ashamed.
God bless America 🇺🇸
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No
The Democrats just want more immagration for more votes. They don't actually care about Diversity. Do you think Nancy Pelosi walks on the streets of San Francisco? Do you really think Maxine Watters sends her kids to public schools? Do you think Bernie Sanders redistributes his wealth to the American people? Do you really think AOC is out there planting trees? Do you think Rishida Tilab is bringing illegals to her house? Are you crazy?!?!
God bless America
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America history shows what it real is. A evil country
Pretty Barbie are you Mexican or something
This is what the country was supposed to be about but sadly we all know otherwise
Fun Fact: The woman who sings this song, Lori Lieberman, was the original singer of "Killing me softly with his song" (it wasn't Roberta Flack, she did a cover version). Not only that, but she provided the inspiration for the lyrics of the song by composing a poem titled "Killing me softly with his blues".
@walterfox4781 :Lori Lieberman wrote the song after she went to a Don McLean concert bet you never knew that, huh???!!!!!...I hope you will reply to this
@sherryhannah498 I did indeed 👍. Here's another fun fact: it was his song "Empty Chairs" that inspired the poem that would become the song.
I love how they casually leave out the native people who were already here and how slaves, you know, actually built most of this country. I guess that isn’t as “jingly.” 🤦🏾♂️
I love when people take something that was intended to promote any race coming to America and someone still finds a way to make it a racial slur. People like you are the reason we are still talking about race. Until we stop looking for inconsistencies and slurs in everything we will not truly have racial equality. That goes for every race :)
The Secular Nationalist. Please say that again in a comprehensible way.
That was completely understandable.
You are right!
Christopher Howard Why did I never get this notification.
We will not have racial equality until people STOP BEING RACIST!
Anyone else here because of Last Week Tonight?
As a gay black/African-American millennial, ugh man does this kinda sugar coat what actually happened, (and a slightly incorrect adaptation of the rough "Ellis Island" journey, and the hell those people unfairly went through) but still one of Schoolhouse rock's most lovely/powerful skits/songs, and the vocalist, her voice is magical. Although the peaceful message, which sadly didn't age/transition well in modern times. "Sigh".
Your missing the inter point of the song, this saying no matter who you are, you can come to America and build a better life for yourself and your family
Disney should re-release this song. I think an artist should raise awareness that initially, immigration to a free country is one (of many major) reason that makes America so great. I believe that in this day and age, America is quietly going through a period of "disillusionment". We seem to have forgotten the importance of the American Dream and what it stands for, and that the rights and equal opportunity is for all, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, background, gender, orientation, etc. If you legally obtain the suffix "American" into your identity (African-American, Italian-American, etc), you should have the same chance of acheiving one's own Dream, equally and fairly. We seem to forget. 🇺🇸
Why is the same person jumping into the melting pot 😂😂(1:20)
@GamerHoooves ok smarty pants
No offense, it was a compliment 😁
Trump should watch this.
Snake5461 I think immigrants should go back home
yeah
"They've all come to look for America....."
-Simon & Garfunkel
I always smile when I watch this video, it makes me feel so proud and fortunate to be a part of this wonderful nation and it also fills me with such gratitude for the immigrants who enriched and built this country to what it is today. How lucky to be American and "something else as well". That is why we are the most unique nation on earth.
I'm glad too see someone commenting on how this song is positive and how wonderful it is to be American and something else as well. Other people only come on here to say, the song is lie and our country is full of people who only care about money. I'm glad good people like you and I are proud of where we live and who we are and know this is a wonderful song and message. The part that gets to me is about go ask your Grandma. It reminds me of my dear friend Boots and my late great Grandmother
Very few people on the earth can be lucky enough to call themselves "American" and what separates us from the rest of the world is the unselfish spirit of our people and the understanding that there is more than just money. And there is an appreciation of our elders and the leaders who built this country. And the ability to know that something can always be made better, and that anyone can be anything. No other society has that luxury.
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Are you referring to people from the United States of America or some other type of "American"? There are no shortage of selfish people in this country to care more about money than other things.
I am referrring to USA citizens. Not every American is obsessed with money. I mean, I'm rich and work hard but it isnt all about money
purplemutantas I'm sorry you feel that way but it upsets me you do.Be glad of where you live. It a blessing and a gift to b an American.
If only the people who believed “If you come here you need to speak English” remembered this beautiful song. Everyone here is different. ❤️
i love lori lieberman forever and always
A German flag 300 years before Germany was even created. wat.
+SlyBiffrons Holy Roman Empire was frequently referred to as the "German Empire" back in the day. Considering it mostly consisted of Germans.
George Lichty The flag used here first appeared in the Weimar Republic. The Holy Roman Empire had plenty of French, Italian and Slavic provinces too. And Germany was late to the colonization game, waaay past the 16th century.
/nitpick
Tonald Drump needs to see this video
(also this sounds like a REO Speedwagon or Panic! At The Disco song)
He would call it fake liberal propaganda. So would the rest of the trumpets.
@@vikinglothar apparently he doesn't because he wouldn't be doing the shit that he does now don't worry about it he has less than a year left 🙊
@@carolynmiles9281
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That's because it is
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Your watching Globalist propaganda
@@freddyorellana5814 This comment aged beautifully 😍
the key part y'all are missing is 0:30 "They paid the fare to America and then they melted in"
Melting in adds the flavor of the melted ingredients, right? You are missing: "They brought their counties' customs, their languages and their ways".
Y'all.
Kirsty They meant the boat fare.
OuiOuiFresh
But does not make it prominent
I was born in Russia and adopted and brought to the USA. I was 18 months old. My brother and sister were born and adopted from the Ukraine. They were about 5 and spoke in “baby Ukrainian”, like speaking toddler words like “grandma and grandpa”…
We need to embrace different cultures and religions. Not shun them or hate them.
I feel like the USA has strayed off the path of being the “Great American Melting Pot” sadly… Not because of the regular every day citizens, but because of the politicians…
Listen...
Dear everyone,
Just so you know this show started in 1973, literally before my mother was born, and my dad was barely even a human. Things were quite different back in the days of the good ol’ seventies. Everything was very different, including how laws are made. Mr. Bill does not just get signed by the president now, like I said it was the seventies. There’s a way called an executive order, that’s how it works now. So listen people I’m not a trump supporter I’m not a supporter of liars, I’m also not a supporter of Hilary either. In this brilliant time of the seventies immigrants came here because everything was a land of hope as everyone said. Immigrants came here to start a new life, and melt in. Race didn’t matter, what your religion was it didn’t matter. We saw each other as any other person on earth. God created us right... Lady Liberty is a symbol of freedom and the landmark for our country, while she stands taller than us she stirs us together (melts us together) which is just a saying meaning it doesn’t matter your proud to be American and that’s what’s so great! Liberty stirs us together! But there’s those few people who think
“Yeah this matters”
“It’s dumb”
And all that because all their trying to do is stay out of the pot because they don’t want to hop into a bond of amazing people.
I hope you get the meaning of this now and if not just read it again closely and if you read it again and still don’t know what it means.... Ask your grandma.
Troll or not, some of these comments are dissapointing.
I agree things are too political, can't we just enjoy the message of the video?
Thanks Jews!
people stop thinking in a negative way and think positive we as Americans need to defend our rights! this world in general needs to love on another
America really IS a melting pot, and not a "salad bowl". However, the only way to represent this in a video would involve the depiction of a lot of interracial sex, so...
Werebat BRING IT ON!!!
That's what my teacher was saying that America is not like a salad bowl.He said it's like a cheese dip mixed with all kinds of cheeses blended together to create one kind of cheese
0:27 his hat just magically turns by itself 👌👏